Gutted Fox Body Doors

The first fox body notchback had a drag coefficient of 46.

Gutted fox body doors. I was wondering if anyone here as gutted there doors and has pics or know where i can pics. How light have you gotten your stripped gutted fox body mustang. Ive gutted the doors and added nascar bars in my 88. I myself was thinking bout cutting some of.

In this write up we will go into detail on how you can shed a few pounds and how to make your mustang a lean mean racing machine. With aluminum heads and a full stripping of all carpet and insulation door panels power window. Also i go over some details of the gutted doors and how much. Comparatively speaking an early 80 s thunderbird had 35.

I was using the outer handle to open the door to exit yes i know i should be able to get out the window in 10 15 secon. I have my 82 glx notch 5 0 down to 2570 lbs w o driver with removal of everything in the trunk back seats passenger seat hvac unit a c compressor and condenser ps pump smog pump slapper bars front bumper and front sway bar. I take the protective stickers off the lexan windows i made for my drag race honda fit project. I dont think you will get there with a 200 lbs driver unless its a max effort car job china fenders and trunk lid skin only door skins crash supports out of the car the 40 lbs of dumb dumb and sound deadning do the brakes spindle wheels 15 lbs out with the new hoosier tire 2800 2850 will be it if its a gutted together car with that driver.

Works great and lost weight on my grudge car. Along the way the interior door handle stopped working looks like it was always a pretty flimsy arrangement to begin with. 5 can t go wrong with this latch kit. 1989 mustang weight reduction in fox body doors i have an 89 and i m gonna start to get rid of some more unnecassary weight.

We ordered optic armor for the new windows to replace the glass. I just want some ideas i ve read about the usual impact bars and locks and etc. First step of our weight reduction was to gut the doors. Weight reduction can be a very cost effective way to make your car quicker overall.

The most aerodynamic fox body is a base lx hatchback with a dc of 36 compared to a notchback s 40 a gt hatchback is around 37 5.